Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Arizona

Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant

Gilbert, AZ · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant runs at 475% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant: 10.5 TCR = 475% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant safety composite

Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−9.9

2023→2024

Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant injury rate improved

Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant's TCR fell 9.9 from 15.4 in 2023 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=15.4 · 2024=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Gilbert, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.5 · 475% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #18/19
  • PHOTO A & L Iron and Metal
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: A & L Iron and Metal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant averages 10.5 TCR (475% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant TCR series: 2023=15.4 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 19 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Arizona.

Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant (30 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant
Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant (30 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Li-Cycle AZ Spoke Plant has fewer employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 5.5 2.8 2 0 0
2023 15.4 11.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · AZ · Gilbert

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 261 employers in Gilbert, AZ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR A & L Iron and Metal 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TT&E Iron & Metal, Inc. 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midland Davis Corporation 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERI Holliston, MA 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE AYC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwest Energy Office 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAZ-Sierra Vista Office 0047-FAC27 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apache Junction Sewer District 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030512 1,613 FTE
CITY-NEAR Town of Gilbert 1,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030512-512001 1,286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-512 911 FTE
NAT-TCR ABF Freight 152 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tortilleria Hermanos Reyes, Inc. 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR EB Meadows 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Masbo - South Boston 10.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn East Rutherford 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springhill Suites Louisville Airport 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Craftweld Fabrication Co. Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ocean State Power 30 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.